Schatz

I thought that Schatz’s article was extremely easy to read which was very refreshing. A lot of it was very identifiable because I was familiar with a lot of what she was talking about however I am still a little confused about the difference between film genre and genre film. He defines genre as being a “range of expression for the viewers” (695). This talk of ranging of expression reminds me of Halloween because the audience at any given moment can go from relaxed, to on edge, to terrified because the different voyeuristic camera angles and the music combined can create drastic mood changes. The director also manipulated the film into always tricking the audience, the music suggests that something scary is about to happen but then nothing does, or we see Michael Meyers watching Laurie but at second look he is gone.